Page 688 - alligood 8th edition_Neat

CHAPTER 33 Katharine Kolcaba 669

4. How would you apply the Theory of Comfort in 5. Identify an area of nursing practice for comfort
a community setting? What interventions could research, and explain why it is needed.
you use to enhance comfort in an aggregate 6. How might the Theory of Comfort influence
group? How would you assess to see if your policy change?
intervention was effective?

POINTS FOR FURTHER STUDY
n American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses at: n Kolcaba, K. (2006). Comfort (including
www.ASPAN.org. definition, theory of comfort, relevance to
n Kolcaba, K. (1997). TheComfortLine.com. nursing, review of comfort studies, and future
Retrieved from http://www.thecomfortline. directions.) In J. Fitzpatrick (Ed.), The
com(the Kolcaba website). encyclopedia of nursing research. (2nd ed.).
n Kolcaba, K (2003). Comfort theory and practice: a New York: Springer.
holistic vision for health care, New York, Springer.

REFERENCES
Aikens, C. (1908). Making the patient comfortable. The Kolcaba, K. (1991). A taxonomic structure for the concept
Canadian Nurse, 4(9), 422–424. comfort. Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship,
Apóstolo J. L. A., & Kolkaba K. (2009). The effects of 23(4), 237–240.
guided imagery on comfort, depression, anxiety, and Kolcaba, K. (1992a). Holistic comfort: Operationalizing
stress of psychiatric inpatients with depressive disorders. the construct as a nurse-sensitive outcome. Advances in
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 23(6), 403–411. Nursing Science, 15(1), 1–10.
Dowd, T., Kolcaba, K., Steiner, R., & Fashinpaur, D. (2007). Kolcaba, K. (1992b). The concept of comfort in an environ-
Comparison of healing touch and coaching on stress mental framework. Journal of Gerontological Nursing,
and comfort in young college students, Holistic Nursing 18(6), 33–38.
Practice, 21(4), 194–202. Kolcaba, K. (1994). A theory of holistic comfort for nursing.
Dowd, T., Kolcaba, K., & Steiner, R. (2000). Using cogni- Journal of Advanced Nursing, 19, 1178–1184.
tive strategies to enhance bladder control and comfort. Kolcaba, K. (2001). Evolution of the mid range theory of
Holistic Nursing Practice, 14(2), 91–103. comfort for outcomes research. Nursing Outlook, 49(2),
Goodnow, M. (1935). The technique of nursing. (p. 95). 86–92.
Philadelphia: Saunders. Kolcaba K., Dowd T., Steiner R., & Mitzel, A. (2004). Effi-
Goodwin, M., Sener, I., & Steiner, S. H. (2007). A novel cacy of hand massage for enhancing comfort of hos-
theory for nursing education: Holistic comfort. Journal pice patients. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care,
of Holistic Nursing, 25(4), 278–285. 6(2), 91–101.
Hamilton, J. (1989). Comfort and the hospitalized chroni- Kolcaba K: TheComfortLine.com. Retrieved from: www.
cally ill. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 15(4), 28–33. TheComfortLine.com. Copyright, 1997.
Hardin, S., & Bishop, S. (2010). Logical reasoning. In Kolcaba, K. (2003). Comfort theory and practice: A holistic
M. R. Alligood & A. M. Tomey (Eds.), Nursing theorists vision for health care, New York: Springer.
and their work. (7th ed., pp. 26–35). Maryland Heights, Kolcaba, K. (2006). Comfort (including definition, theory
(MO): Mosby-Elsevier. of comfort, relevance to nursing, review of comfort
Harmer, B. (1926). Methods and principles of teaching the studies, and future directions). In J. Fitzpatrick (Ed.),
principles and practice of nursing. (p. 26). New York: The encyclopedia of nursing research. (2nd ed.). New
Macmillan. York: Springer.
Henderson, V. (1966). The nature of nursing. New York: Kolcaba, K., Tilton, C., & Drouin, C. (2006). Comfort theory:
Macmillan. A unifying framework to enhance the practice environ-
Hodgson, N. A., & Andersen, S. (2008). The clinical ment. Journal of Nursing Administration, 36(11), 538–544.
efficacy of reflexology in nursing home residents with Kolcaba K., & Steiner, R. (2000). Empirical evidence for the
dementia. Journal of Alternative and Complementary nature of holistic comfort. Journal of Holistic Nursing,
Medicine, 14(3), 269–275. 18(1), 46–62.